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Rafferty, Gerry with Stealer's Wheel - Stuck in the Middle with You
Identifier
028792
Type of Spiritual Experience
Background
The Telegraph – Obituary, 10:48PM GMT 04 Jan 2011, Gerry Rafferty
Rafferty formed Stealer’s Wheel with Rab Noakes and his childhood friend Joe Egan in 1971. The group’s debut album, released in December 1972, was overseen by the American production partnership of Jerry Leiber and Mike Stoller, and featured gentle, folksy harmonies and strong melody lines.
The album included the quirky Stuck In The Middle With You, with which Rafferty and Stealer’s Wheel enjoyed their biggest hit. But while it enjoyed great chart success in May 1973, the song proved to be a one-hit wonder; and after a kaleidoscopic succession of band members joining and leaving — Rafferty himself dropped out for a couple of months before returning to record a follow-up — Stealer’s Wheel vanished into obscurity.
A description of the experience
Stuck in the Middle with You
[Verse 1]
Well, I don't know why I came here tonight
I got the feeling that something ain't right
I'm so scared in case I fall off my chair
And I'm wondering how I'll get down the stairs
[Chorus]
Clowns to the left of me
Jokers to the right
Here I am
Stuck in the middle with you
[Verse 2]
Yes, I'm stuck in the middle with you
And I'm wondering what it is I should do
It's so hard to keep this smile from my face
Losing control, yeah, I'm all over the place
[Chorus]
Clowns to the left of me
Jokers to the right
Here I am
Stuck in the middle with you
[Post-Chorus]
Well, you started out with nothing
And you're proud that you're a self-made man
And your friends, they all come crawling
Slap you on the back and say
Please
Please
[Verse 3]
Trying to make some sense of it all
But I can see it makes no sense at all
Is it cool to go to sleep on the floor?
'Cause I don't think that I can take anymore
[Chorus]
Clowns to the left of me
Jokers to the right
Here I am
Stuck in the middle with you
[Post-Chorus]
And you started out with nothing
And you're proud that you're a self-made man
And your friends, they all come crawling
Slap you on the back and say
Please
Please
[Verse 4]
Yeah I don't know why I came here tonight
I got the feeling that something ain't right
I'm so scared in case I fall off my chair
And I'm wondering how I'll get down the stairs
[Chorus]
Clowns to the left of me
Jokers to the right
Here I am
Stuck in the middle with you
[Outro]
Yes, I'm stuck in the middle with you
Stuck in the middle with you
Here I am
Stuck in the middle with you